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Classic DF – 10/17/01

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October 17, 2001: [•] Rechavam Zeevi, an Israeli government minister, has been assassinated by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. [•] Al Jazeera, the Arabic news channel, has offered CNN a chance to submit questions to Osama bin Laden who will respond by videotape (maybe). [•] Iran has agreed to rescue US military troops if they somehow end up in Iran by accident. [•] US warplanes accidentally bombed a Red Cross warehouse in Afghanistan. [•] China has unblocked news sites it has previously deemed inappropriate. [•] A mob of angry citizens attacked a police station in Guatemala after authorities failed to find a suspect in a recent murder. [•] A small plane crashed in Canada. [•] Canada’s Ontario Premier Mike Harris will resign his post in order to focus on his personal life. [•] Australian Prime Minister John Howard has suggested to Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri to continue to support the US and to avoid making US strikes against the Taliban seem like a war against Islam when it isn’t. [•] An auto accident in a Denmark tunnel has left 3 people dead and 6 injured. [•] An underground money transfer network called hawala is most likely the method used by al-Qaida to move large amounts of money without a paper trail. [•] Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has criticized fellow Arab nations for siding with the US since he sees nothing wrong with killing people as long as they aren’t Muslim. [•] The first body from a research boat sunk by a US submarine has been spotted. [•] Attorney General John Ashcroft met with Arab and Muslim leaders about racism issues in the US. [•] Jack Shroder, a geologist at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, believes that he knows where Osama bin Laden is hiding. [•] Handspring has created a line of cell phones with integrated PDA functions called Treo. [•] Microsoft Windows XP hits PCs as the preloaded OS of choice. [•] News sites take the top viewership spots on the Net. [•] The US government is considering building its own private Internet. [•] How to tell if your Linux box has been hacked. [•] The anthrax sent to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle was very strong biologically. [•] Women exposed to elongated repeated periods of light after sunset run a 60% higher chance of breast cancer. [•] Please do your kids a favor and don’t smoke around them. Secondhand smoke really hurts kids bad! [•] Smallville looks pretty darn cool. [•] MSNBC will be launching an Arabic version of its web site to fight anti-American propaganda. [•] The RIAA plans on tracking the highest MP3 traders on the Net and convincing ISPs to ban them from their service. Can you say illegal denial of service? I knew you could! [•] A charity concert called New Yorkers Against Violence will include performances by the Beastie Boys, the Strokes, Cibo Matto, poet Saul Williams and DJ Stretch Armstrong. [•] Ars Technica previews Mac OS X 10.1. [•] Over 20 people have been exposed to anthrax in Washington DC thus far. [•] The Northern Alliance is advancing with the help of US air support. [•] A new computer virus could have been as evil as Hell especially since it was trying to capitalize on the fear of anthrax; only one problem: the author screwed up the programming (Doh!). [•] One of the things you learn about a 7-month old is they have no concept of night or day. Up at 3AM? Sure, why not! Then again at 6AM? No problem! Hell, why don’t we just stay up all night? LOL 🙂 [•] The CVS & Warwick Page is all updated with the latest developments.

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Classic DF – 7/28/01

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February 28, 2001: [•] Last night The Grammys were held. It was so exciting that I turned it off to play Legends of Wrestling a 1/2 hour into the show (I just won the Southern Title and moved to the Midwest zone!). [•] 10 Palestinians and 1 Israeli are dead after clashes between the two groups (basically I’m getting tired of reporting the same crap over and over– I kill you, you kill me, we’re an insane society). [•] Police believe that they may have found Danielle van Dam’s corpse. [•] Radovan Karadzic, a man charged with committing war crimes in Bosnia, has evaded a NATO sting operation. [•] The US economy is on the upswing (not that I can tell). [•] The US government is offering a $5 million reward for information leading to the capture of Daniel Pearl’s murderers. [•] UK forces were fired upon by a lone individual. [•] Hindus have begun torching Muslim areas in India because of Muslims attacking a train full of Hindus yesterday. [•] Cubans seeking asylum rammed their way into the Mexican embassy (literally). [•] A bomb explosion in Jordan killed 2 people. [•] Zimbabwe’s Supreme Court ruled that President Robert Mugabe doesn’t have the power to block auditors from monitoring the upcoming presidential election. [•] The UK will allow scientists to clone embryos for research purposes. [•] Turkey will no longer conduct virginity tests on young women. [•] Portions of Chicago are without heat after a gas main ruptured. [•] Vice President Cheney has unveiled a new “e-government” web site. [•] Adrian Lamo claims to have hacked the The New York Times‘ network. [•] John Sankus, the leader of DrinkorDie, has pleaded guilty to piracy. [•] The Tyrannosaurus Rex wouldn’t have been able to run 45MPH according to new research. [•] More serious security holes have been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer. [•] Firewalls for fun! [•] Become a looter (virtually anyhow). [•] 10 million years ago Mars was flooded. [•] A once a year shot could prevent osteoporosis in women. [•] Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones will premiere in a sneak peak showing on May 12, 2002 and the proceeds will benefit children’s charities. [•] The iPod is the perfect tool to steal applications from a store display Macs. [•] Dell refused to ship a computer bought online to Weigand Combat Handguns because the business sounded like a terrorist’s. I never knew terrorists purposely named their businesses’ after violent things. I guess than The Friendly Kitty Factory could never a terrorist front for anything LOL. [•] A recent upgrade knocked Morpheus off-line, but if the service isn’t centralized than how is that so? [•] I’ll have a blond- haired, blue-eyed, Anglo with a side of fries. [•] Not only can can an adult brain regenerate cells, but those cells fire like young ones once did. [•] US Congress has approved a bill that would make small telephone providers an exception to a law that requires open network access, but the Senate will most likely kill the bill. [•] Protesters gathered outside Stewart Airport in Newburgh, NY to show some breast feeding loving or something like that. [•] U2 not only ruled The Grammys, but The Gibson Guitar Awards too. [•] The tentative list for Prick’s upcoming album The Wreckard has been released, but it appears they have left Nothing Records. [•] The upcoming Ramones tribute album is shaping up to be pretty cool. [•] Detained al Qaeda and Taliban soldiers have gone on a hunger strike. Well, if you don’t have to feed them then you save money, right? 🙂 [•] I want the 2003 Infiniti G35, now! [•] I can’t say enough about the Ford GT40 except– Viper, prepare to die. [•] Intel notes some upcoming changes to PC architecture: Serial ATA, 8X AGP, integrated 802.11 wireless networking, and USB 2.0 by next year. The year after expect 3GIO to replace both PCI and AGP interfaces completely. [•] Microsoft and the DOJ continue to hash out a settlement. [•] An upcoming Linux update will add support for AMD’s upcoming 64-bit Hammer CPUs. [•] I love you wife and daughter! [•] Immy enjoys some Egg Stopper goodness. [•] Bored? Would you believe that Google has dedicated an entire section to “Your Momma” jokes? Well, they did– so there! 😛

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Classic DF – 7/7/01

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July 7, 2001: [•] China has sent the US a bill for $1 million for “storing” the formerly detained spy plane. If they think that the US will pay for it they are bigger morons than I previously thought. [•] Rebels in Nepal killed at least 34 police officers and kidnapped several people. [•] For every person who gets gored at Pamplona’s Running of the Bulls it brings a smile to my face. You get what you deserve. [•] Hanssen has pleaded guilty to spying. [•] Clashes in Bangladesh between rival political party members have left at least 200 people injured. [•] The UN has a video tape that may explain the disappearance of 3 Israeli soldiers. [•] The Royal Zulu Biosphere and Game Reserve hopes to preserve South Africa’s natural habitat. [•] Gunmen have killed 11 people at a roadblock in Algeria. [•] North Korea has admitted to fighting against the US with Vietnamese. [•] Dozens of corpses have been found in Indonesia, but no one is fessing up to killing them. [•] 10 people died at a concert in France when a storm knocked a tree down onto the tent they were staying in. [•] Iran has evacuated 656 villages struck with drought. [•] A tornado has hit Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. [•] West Nile Disease has spread to Florida. [•] An armored vehicle rolls over killing 2 Marines. [•] Apple has recalled 570,000 G3 notebook AC adapters. [•] Evenflo has recalled their Joyride carrier/car seats. [•] 15 illegal immigrants are caught at Kennedy Space Center. [•] Jenna Bush has been fined $600 and had her license suspended for underage drinking. [•] An Air Force pilot was killed during a training mission. [•] Playstation 2 may cure the intellectual woes of the third world. [•] Usenet newsgroups are keeping viruses alive. [•] A trip to the water park could kill you. [•] Embryonic stem cell clones have serious flaws in their DNA that could lead to abnormalities later in life. [•] Before you sign up for a vacation filled with prostitutes and drugs you better check the local HIV concentration. [•] A runaway teen has been returned home thanks to some good old fashion telephone records. [•] New York State Police describe the not so fun time of patrolling the Hudson River. [•] Illegal drag racing is becoming a pain in the ass. [•] Convicted killer Michael Ross has agreed to be tried in Orange County for the rape and murder of a teen in 1982. [•] A man arrested for threatening to kill his neighbor hangs himself in a Monticello jail cell. [•] A car accident leaves 2 people injured, Joseph Belford is arrested after a woman accuses him of rape, Robert Ballinger is charged with selling crack to undercover cops, 2 teens are charged with burglary, 9 people were arrested for bringing fireworks into New York State, and Robert DeGroat is arrested for breaking into a house only to then attack its occupants. [•] Epic Records has forced Ozzy Osbourne to cancel his post-Ozzfest Black Sabbath tour so he can finish his next album. [•] The Crystal Method prepare to tour in support of their upcoming album Tweekend (BTW: I heard the first single, Name of the Game, yesterday and if it’s signs of what’s to come off this album– it will rule.). [•] Jewel hopes to retool her sound. [•] Sony has announced a hard drive add-on for the Playstation 2. [•] The Butthole Surfers return. [•] Sun International Lotus Elise Type R. Nuff’ said. [•] Opel is considering returning to the US auto market. [•] Azazel baked up some fine pork chops yesterday that kicked so much ass! I don’t know why I’m telling you this… I just am. 🙂 [•] Bored? Fine. Be that way. Check out The Mullet, a cable-access TV showed dedicated to ignorance and its all inspiring bliss. On a side note: I once had a mullet. It ruled. My blonde mullet of fury (Business on top, party in the back BIG TIME!) struck fear in the heart of the un-elite. I so rule.

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Classic DF – 7/6/01

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July 6, 2001: [•] A truce has been called between ethnic Albanian rebels and the Macedonian government. Fighting does continue though. [•] A tropical storm batters China. [•] Hubble takes an incredibly detailed picture of Mars. [•] Nepal police are scrambling to stop a bombing campaign. [•] Colombia has decided to let the Copa America soccer tournament take place after all. [•] China has put more people to death in 3 months than the rest of the world in 3 years. Then again… they do have the largest population in the world. [•] Someone has been illegally selling land in South Africa that they don’t own. [•] Nigeria will conduct its first amputation on a convicted thief. [•] Villagers in Congo blamed diseases on “witches” and hacked accused people to death. Over 200 people are believed to have been injured or killed as a result. [•] An earthquake hits southern Peru. [•] The UN tells Israel that cease fires won’t hold until they stop killing Palestinians. [•] Stupidity is trying to win the title of World’s longest time spent living with scorpions. [•] A man dies when a cave collapses on him. [•] President Bush has named Robert Mueller as his nominee for Director of the FBI. [•] The Consumer Product Safety Commission has fined the Lane Company $900,000 for failing to recall products known to be dangerous. [•] President Bush has asked China to be fair about a trial over whether two US citizens committed espionage or not. [•] MSN Messenger users have been reporting poor connectivity and missing buddy lists. [•] A quick overview of how Napster’s new song fingerprinting technology works. [•] Robots and the future of war. [•] Scientists researching orbits believe that a gravitational interaction between Mercury and Earth could have pulled the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs down. [•] Eli Lilly and Co. accidentally releases the addresses of 600 patients on Prozac on its web site. [•] The Duh Study of The Day: Teen drinking is a wide spread epidemic. When you can look at 50% of the people you know who are under 21-years old and say they are alcoholics– you’re in trouble. [•] The question is finally asked: Do animals have to suffer for medical research? [•] Something they don’t tell you in school: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that you read isn’t the original version. [•] The US Commerce Department web site that is supposed to teach companies how to protect consumer privacy reveals its database online by accident. Doh! [•] Ximian, maker of the Linux Gnome desktop, plan a Linux based version of Microsoft’s .NET initiative called Mono. [•] Orange County District Attorney Frank Phillips is finally joining in on a probe of the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. [•] Forget malls: Cows own Wallkill bitch! [•] The Village of Goshen has bought the Salesian property at last. [•] A horrible fire has left two families in Warwick homeless. The Village of Warwick is collecting items for them. Azazel and I donated a blanket, but they need lots of stuff. Please help them out… it’s a worthy cause. [•] An electrical fire burns down a house, a search warrant gets police a chance to nab some marijuana fiends, Christopher Bickham gets arrested for being a little over protective of his fishing spot, a teen ends up in jail after using another person’s checking account to order DirecTV, Thomas McGlynn is charged with shooting at ATV riders, 3 people are killed in a head-on collision, the fight that never ends, Ricardo Ramos gets 15 years for shooting his girlfriend, Kenneth Trosclair is charged with sexually abusing a toddler, and Zoe Zimmerman finds out DWI sucks. [•] Garbage pushes its album back until September, but reveals track listings. [•] Raphael Gray, an admitted hacker, gets psychiatric treatment as a sentence. [•] Tori Amos’s next album will rework male artists’ songs from a female point of view. Expect Slayer and Eminem to be covered (sort of). [•] The much anticipated return of techno master Aphex Twin is near. [•] A sneak peak at the new BMW 7-Series. [•] Azazel contemplates the glory and frustration of parenthood. [•] Immy does the 4th thingy. [•] Rock ignored me at the carnival… evil Rock. [•] Poor Mermaid’s fish keep dying. [•] Tomorrow we’ll sum the week up.

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Classic DF – 7/3/01

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July 3, 2001: [•] Milosevic is learning just how ironic life is. [•] Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is all too eager to call off a cease fire with Palestine. [•] The US serviceman in Japan accused of rape by a woman has been handed over to Japanese police for questioning. [•] It has been 30 years since Jim Morrison (The Doors) died. [•] The US has asked a jury to sentence Khalfan Khamis Mohamed to death for bombing a US embassy in Tanzania in 1998. [•] Uganda has reopened the Rwenzori Mountains National Park citing that it has evicted rebels from the area. [•] UNITA rebels have asked the US and Russia to help end the civil war in Angola. [•] Alfredo Astiz has surrendered himself. [•] Mexican President Vicente Fox married his spokeswoman, Martha Sahagun. [•] Muslim rebels in the Philippines say they will continue taking Europeans and Americans hostage until the government withdraws its forces from the Basilan island. [•] Cheetahs in Iran are endangered. [•] Quick! Arrest that woman! I can see her ankle! [•] Lebanon plans to eradicate cannabis crops… maybe. [•] The Department of Consumer Protection is looking into claims that ACME Rent-a-car did not provide fair warning to consumers about its speeding policy. [•] The TechX Tradeshow showed off upgrades a plenty. [•] Having wolves in Yellowstone has cut the coyote population in half, but that may not be a bad thing. [•] The Duh Study of The Day: 5.2 million children/teens have hearing loss. What did you say? What? Huh? 🙂 [•] An old story I missed, but should note: Scientists have engineered mice that are immune to certain breast cancers. [•] Laid off workers are reporting their former employers’ pirated software habits to the authorities. He who laughs last indeed. [•] New Mexico teenager Jason Schwab has been charged with hacking into NASA in April of 2000. [•] The world gets a taste of what happens when crazy people get a hold of powerful technology. [•] Did a missing 14-year old girl run off with boys she met on the Internet? [•] Short Line/Coach USA wants a piece of the Metro-North Railroad and Woodbury Common Premium Outlets planned commuter parking lot. [•] The Warwick Town Police lost their case against a man they charged with DWI for driving his truck down his driveway to pick up his trash cans. LOL [•] Do me a favor tomorrow: Don’t be stupid with fireworks and blow off a limb or something! [•] A drug raid in Deerpark yields 3 arrests, Sean T. Pennell gets arrested after crashing his car because he was DWI, and the Tappan Zee Bridge goes online. [•] Creed says its next album will be comparable to U2’s The Joshua Tree. I don’t know, those are big shoes to fill. [•] At last count there are 120 unreleased recordings of Kurt Cobain. Tu Pac eat your heart out. [•] Chino Moreno (The Deftones) decided it would be cool to drink lots of vodka, throw up, show his penis to the crowd, and get beat up. Sounds… ummm… interesting. No wait, let me amend that. Sounds retarded and interesting. [•] Signals to Noise has a very promising line up. [•] A very large ice covered object has been discovered between Pluto and Neptune. [•] The 2002 Ford Thunderbird: It doesn’t suck. [•] Ford recalls 1997-2001 model E150, E250 and E350 trucks due to fuel tank crack issues. BMW recalls models equipped with four-cylinder and six-cylinder engines that were built between October 1998-March 2000. [•] You can now buy an Acura RSX (Kick ass!). [•] A sneak peak at the new VW Microbus. [•] Napster has shut down its file trading service to update its databases. [•] Azazel finally updates! GASP! 🙂 [•] Mermaid gets new fish. [•] I would just like to wish everyone a Happy Fourth of July. Freedom rules!

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